A labourer was robbed of Rs 500 by four men and his leg was held on a railway track until a train ran over it, severing the limb, in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain on Wednesday. He lost consciousness after that and says personnel from the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrived a few hours later and took him to a hospital, but left the severed leg behind despite him pleading with them. It was only the next morning that the man managed to convince a different set of personnel that the leg was near the tracks and it was fetched. Over 12 hours had elapsed by then and it was too late to even attempt a surgery to reattach it. When senior GRP officials were asked about the incident, they denied the man was robbed but had no explanation for why they had left the leg behind or why it took half a day to get it. From his hospital bed in Ujjain's Charak hospital, Lakha, a resident of Palduna village, recalled the horror: "I work as a labourer near the station. Around 8 pm, I was returnin...
A shocking incident in Gwalior has once again raised alarming questions about women's safety. This time, right under the nose of the police. Three men in an autorickshaw allegedly tried to kidnap a first-year student in broad daylight, barely 50 steps away from the women's police station in Padav. The incident was captured on CCTV. According to the police, it happened at 11 am when the girl was walking to college. An autorickshaw parked nearby suddenly pulled up behind her. One of the men inside grabbed her hand, while another jumped out and tried to lift her by the leg. The auto driver reportedly shouted at the others to force her inside the vehicle. Showing remarkable courage, the minor fought back, freed herself from their grip, and ran toward the women's police station for help. However, before assistance could reach, the men abandoned the autorickshaw and fled on foot. The girl, terrified and shocked, returned home and came to the police station later to file a comp...